Sailboats near Chicago

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Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Sailboats near Chicago by Henri-Edmond Cross

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
70.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#B5AB95 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 87°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 70.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 70.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sailboats near Chicago" (1903) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Slate. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #30353D pulls the eye.

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